Monday Night Raw Preview 12/1/14: WWE's Anonymous General Manager Returns

The December 1, 2014 edition of WWE's Monday Night Raw will emanate live from the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma at 8 p.m. Eastern and will build toward the TLC pay-per-view in a few weeks. The Authority is gone after the events of Survivor Series, but a new, more nefarious enemy is waiting in the wings.

At the end of last week's Raw, the Anonymous General Manager made a return to announce that he would be back tonight on Cyber Monday to restore order to the show. Fans reacted with the amount of groaning, eye rolling, and dread that you would expect. The Anonymous GM was one of the most maligned storylines of the last five years, partially because it gave us Heel Michael Cole. If he comes back in full force, you might hear the rush of droves of fans to the exits.

Plus, we already found out a while back that Hornswoggle was the Anonymous GM. So now he's not anonymous anymore. He's just a guy who refuses to show up on TV and uses a computer and an announcer to do his talking for him. We're in for a long, painful ride if the Anonymous GM is here to stay.

Of course, maybe that's what Triple H meant when he said fans would be begging for The Authority to come back sooner rather than later. Is it possible WWE would intentionally put out an infuriatingly subpar product just to brainwash its fans? If so, it would be a unique brand of storytelling for the company, but it wouldn't make the journey any less horrible.

Brock Lesnar almost certainly won't be back for TLC, so the WWE World Heavyweight Championship won't be a part of the pay-per-view. The only matches on the card at the moment are Dean Ambrose vs. Bray Wyatt in a TLC Match and Ryback vs. Kane in a Chairs Match. Tonight's episode of Raw should start to fill out the rest of the card so we get a sense of what to expect at the December pay-per-view.

John Cena was feuding with The Authority and has a match with Lesnar in his future, but he has no opponent at the moment. Dolph Ziggler did the lion's share of the work in taking out Team Authority at Survivor Series, but he too is without an adversary at the moment. Will either of these two top dogs get an opponent for TLC tonight?

The mind games between Wyatt and Ambrose are likely to continue tonight, as well. Wyatt won the match at Survivor Series on paper, but Ambrose walked out on top after he bludgeoned Bray with every object he could find at ringside. Will Bray regain the upper hand in this feud, or will Ambrose stay strong?

AJ Lee is also apparently feuding with both Nikk Bella and Brie Bella now, as it seems the latter inexplicably turned heel to side with her sister. I think? Maybe? It's all very murky right now. AJ napalmed the two of them last week when she told them talent isn't sexually transmitted, so we'll see how this unfolds tonight. Now that Brie's time as Nikki's personal assistant is over, will she continue to side with her sister, or will they return to fighting with each other?

Finally, will we get an explanation any time soon as to why Sting decided to interfere in the Survivor Series main event?

As always, check back with MStars immediately after the show for a full recap of all the action. But for now, let us know your thoughts, opinions, guesses, and predictions for tonight's episode of Monday Night Raw in the comments section.